Cats who teach me to fly…

I received a text from someone who saw him and this boy looks like my community cat, Tigger. I rushed quickly to the scene. I still thought that it was Tigger, Mel knew he wasn’t. Because I thought he was hit by a car and his mouth was bleeding, the impact from the vehicle may cause his face to look different! Ha!

When we arrived at the vet clinic, I realised that he was wearing a collar. I was confused at that moment and I texted to Xiumin and check with her if Tigger was at the feeding ground. YES! He was spotted there! There was a name and contact number on Ayob’s collar. We tried to contact Ayob’s owner, however, the number didn’t seem to be working anymore. Shortly his owner called me.

Because Ayob has an owner, we couldn’t release him to his owner if we were to go ahead with the treatment so I told his owner that I couldn’t return her. His owner made a big hoo-haa and her speech wasn’t pleasant to hear. After checking with the authorities on the rights of a rescuer, we decided to return Ayob to his owner.

At first his owner was happy but shortly Ayob’s owner called me, apologised and decided to give up Ayob because they have no time to take care of him after the surgery. So Mel and I created a contract that they agreed to transfer the cat’s ownership to me. When we were about to meet up and sign the contract, Ayob’s owner tried to negotiate with us. So we came off with another contract that they’ll settle the vet bills through a instalment payment. Not until all payment is paid up will we transfer the cat’s ownership to them.

Ayob has a broken cleft palate and two broken bones on his front left leg.

It cost more than 7k for two operations to fix everything. He fell from high floor. All Mel and I hope is that his owner would keep their word and settle the bill.

All surgeries went smoothly. The cleft palate surgery and bone surgery were done on a different day. A pin and plate were inserted into his broken bones to keep it intact. He’ll need at least two months to heal. I guess I’ll have to keep him a little while…

So far Ayob has been doing well and began to be playful. This coming Thursday, I’d have to send him to the clinic to clean his wound on his neck as a tube was inserted for feeding purposes and the following Wednesday for removing the feeding tube and stitches for his leg!